São Tomé and Príncipe

QUIZ QUESTIONS1. The São Tomé and Príncipe is a sovereign archipelago island
nation in the Gulf of Guinea located at the northwestern coast of Gabon. This is a Portuguese-speaking nation. It comprises oftwo archipelagos. São Tomé is located just north of the equator.
These two islands make up the second smallest African countryand the smallest Portuguese-speaking country. Seychelles is the Smallest African country.

My question is, if Seychelles is the smallest country in Africa,which country is the largest country in Africa?

2.Before the Portuguese came to this island, São Tomé & Príncipe, there were no inhabitants living there. The portuguese came to the island in 1470. When João de Santarém and Pedro Escobar discoveredthe islands, they decided that these islands will be the ideal place to use as a base where Portugual can maintain settlement and trade with Africa. Right away, they named the two major islands. The island in the north was named in honor of the Prince of Portugal to whom duties on the island's sugar crop were paid. It was firstnamed Antão (St. Anthony) but later changed to (llha do Príncipe(Prince's Island). In 1500, Prínciple was settled. São Tomé wassettled in 1493. Both islands were settled under the agreement asa grant from the crown of Portugal. These islands were veryfertile for growing sugar cane because the volcanic soil was conducivefor growing sugar cane. Therefore, this became a sugar cane plantation for Portugal. Within about a hundred years, thesugar business went on successfully, but eventually declined becausethere were better quality sugar cane produced in the WesternHemisphere that competed with the production on the islands.Portugal was no longer able to invest in this enterprise. Therefore,they have to change their focus. The island later became a transit point for the slave ships that were transporting slaves from Africa to the Western countries. While sugar cane was no longerthe major cash crop on the island, they transitioned to plantingcocoa and coffee. Again, these two crops proved to be well fittedfor the volcanic soil. Plantations were established all over the place for planting coffee and cocoa. They named the plantations, "roças." The rich portuguses landlords and business owners havereached their "eureka," they have discovered the solution to the acquisition of wealth through the coffee and cocoa plantationsfrom the islands of São Tomé & Príncipe. Beginning 1908,São Tomé & Príncipe became the world's largest producer of cocoa.
To this date, cocoa is the most important crop in São Tomé & Príncipe.
It must be noted here that the "roças" system gave the plantations
managers enormous power and authority over the African workers
to the point where the Africans workers on these plantations
were used, misused and abused without any recourse or
redress. In spite of the fact that Portugual abolished slavery since
1876, the treatment of African workers on the plantations in
São Tomé & Príncipe was as bad as slavery. The working conditions
on those plantations were unacceptable and unsatisfactory.
They continued their practice of forced labor for many years. This
is how Wikipedia documented the situation.
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"Sporadic labor unrest and dissatisfaction continued well into the
20th century, culminating in an outbreak of riots in 1953 in which
several hundred African laborers were killed in a clash with their
Portuguese rulers. This "Batepá Massacre" remains a major event in
the colonial history of the islands, and its anniversary is officially
observed by the government."My question is, did the workers on the sugar cane plantations suffer the same kind of degradations and hard slave labor asthose who worked on the coffee and cocoa "reças?"

3. By 1950, the proliferation of nation independence movements
fermenting all over Africa, leading on into the 1960's gave some
impetus or energy to the liberation movements in São Tomé &
Príncipe. The country of Gabon was used as the base and support
for their liberation movement. By this time, Portugal was being
weakened by the overthrow of the Caetano dictatorship in
Portugal in April 1974. When a new regime came into power
in Portugal, the regime was interested in resolving some of the
problems Portugal overseas colonies were facing. In the main
time the people of São Tomé & Príncipe that have started to
map out strategies for their liberation, form a political called
MLSTP, Movement for the liberation of São Tomé & Príncipe.
As indicated earlier, the base of this movement was in Gabon.
Eventually, on July 12, 1975, São Tomé & Príncipe became an
independent country. Manuel Pinto da Costa was elected the
first President.
My question is, what were some of the strategies employed by
MLSTP to gain the independence of São Tomé & Príncipe?

4.From your reading, can you describe the eduational and healthsystems of São Tomé & Príncipe?

5.What is the most common language in São Tomé and Príncipe?

6.What year was the São Tomé and Príncipe National Anthem adopted? And what is the Name of the National Anthem? Who composed it?a.1965b.1978c.1975d.1951e. 2005f.None of the Aboveg. The Name of the National Anthem________________________

7.What was São Tomé and Príncipe.s GDP (Gross Domestic Product) for 2012?8.Comoros comprises of 4 major islands and several small islands. They
are all located in the volcanic Comoros archipelago.
1.The Grande Comoroe on the northweast. Here is where the
National Capital and largest City, Moroni is located, at Ngazidja.
2.Moheli, on the southwest with its capital at Fomboni
3.Anjouan on the southeast with its capital at Mutsamudu
4.Mayotte is still a contested island. It is located south with its
capital city at Dzumogné
9. What is the political structure of this country, São Tomé and Príncipe?1 0. Which Religion do most of the people of São Tomé and Príncipe adhere to?
a. African Traditional Religions?
b.Christianity--Which Brand of Christianity?
1. Roman Catholic
2.Protestant
3.Eastern Orthodox
c.Islam
d.Hinduism
e.Buddhism
f.Judaism______________________________________________________________________

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